1891 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1891 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
| Rank | Change | Rating | Team | Conf | Record | Win % | Place | NOW | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | -0.959 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 7 | +1 | Beat Stevens 72–0 |
| 2 | -1 | -0.212 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Springfield 28–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.196 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Lehigh 30–0; Beat FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 44–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.644 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat M.i.t. 26–0; Beat WILLIAMS 26–0 |
| 5 | -3 | 0.753 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 7 | +6 | Lost to Princeton 0–30; Beat RUTGERS 22–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.141 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Orange A.c. 26–0 |
| 7 | 6 | 1.648 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 5 | +7 | Beat Massachusetts 16–0; Beat WESLEYAN 4–0 |
| 8 | 0 | 1.704 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 24 | 0 | BYE |
| 9 | 0 | 1.704 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 24 | 0 | BYE |
| 10 | 1 | 1.704 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 24 | 0 | BYE |
| 11 | 8 | 1.982 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 7 | -1 | Beat Swarthmore 44–0 |
| 12 | 2 | 2.376 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 6 | +1 | BYE |
| 13 | 2 | 2.842 | Springfield (SPRINGFIELD) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 11 | -2 | Lost to Yale 0–28; Beat AMHERST 18–4 |
| 14 | 9 | 2.915 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 15 | -2 | Beat Haverford 38–0 |
| 15 | 5 | 3.169 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 12 | 0 | Beat Troy Laureates 46–0; Lost to HARVARD 0–26 |
| 16 | 1 | 3.676 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 15 | +3 | Lost to Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–4 |
| 17 | -5 | 4.289 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 7 | -1 | Beat NEW York University 38–0; Lost to CORNELL 0–72 |
| 18 | 0 | 4.849 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–2–2 | 0.400 | 14 | -3 | Tied Dartmouth 14–14; Lost to SPRINGFIELD 4–18 |
| 19 | -3 | 5.003 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 12 | -1 | Lost to Andover 0–26 |
| 20 | 1 | 5.659 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–1–1 | 0.250 | 18 | 0 | Tied Amherst 14–14 |
| 21 | 5 | 6.325 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 18 | -2 | Beat Schuylkill Navy 24–0; Lost to LEHIGH 0–22 |
| 22 | -12 | 7.081 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 20 | -1 | Lost to Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–16 |
| 23 | -1 | 7.259 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 20 | -2 | Lost to Harvard 0–26 |
| 24 | -19 | 9.342 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 15 | 0 | Lost to Manhattan A.c. 0–28; Lost to CRESCENT A.C. 0–42 |
| 25 | -1 | 9.748 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 20 | -2 | Lost to Princeton 0–44 |
| 26 | -1 | 11.526 | Haverford (HAVERFORD) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 20 | -2 | Lost to Lafayette 0–38 |